Probably, it would make sense to wait a bit for October (or September) dates since the dates of ApacheCon 2020 have not been officially set and announced yet, afaik.
> On 26 Nov 2019, at 03:55, Ahmet Altay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 2:49 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Maria put together this documents with related industry conferences [1], it > would make sense to choose a time that doesn't conflict with other events > around projects close to Beam. > > How about for June 21-22 (around Spark Summit) for North America, and October > 5-6 or October 12-13 for Europe? > > Sounds good to me. IMO, October 12-13 for Europe is better, in between > related flink and spark summits. > > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LQv95XP9UPhZjGqcMA8JksfcAure-fAp4h3TTjaafRs/edit#gid=1680445982 > > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LQv95XP9UPhZjGqcMA8JksfcAure-fAp4h3TTjaafRs/edit#gid=1680445982> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 4:45 PM Udi Meiri <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > +1 for better organization. I would have gone to ApacheCon LV had I known > there was going to be a Beam summit there. > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 9:31 AM Alexey Romanenko <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > On 8 Nov 2019, at 11:32, Maximilian Michels <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > The dates sounds good to me. I agree that the bay area has an advantage > > because of its large tech community. On the other hand, it is a question of > > how we run the event. For Berlin we managed to get about 200 attendees to > > Berlin, but for the BeamSummit in Las Vegas with ApacheCon the attendance > > was much lower. > > I agree with your point Max and I believe that it would be more efficient to > run Beam Summit as a “standalone" event (as it was done in London and Berlin) > which will allow us to attract mostly Beam-oriented/interested/focused > audience comparing to running this as part of ApacheCon or any other large > conferences where are many other different topics and tracks. > > > Should this also be discussed on the user mailing list? > > Definitively! Despite the fact that users opinion is a key point here, it > will not be so easy to get not-biased statistics in this question. > > The time frames are also very important since holidays in different countries > (for example, August is traditionally a "vacation month" in France and some > other European countries) can effect people availability and influent the > final number of participants in the end. > > > > > Cheers, > > Max > > > > On 07.11.19 22:50, Alex Van Boxel wrote: > >> For date wise, I'm wondering why we should switching the Europe and NA > >> one, this would mean that the Berlin and the new EU summit would be almost > >> 1.5 years apart. > >> _/ > >> _/ Alex Van Boxel > >> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 8:43 PM Ahmet Altay <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > >> I prefer bay are for NA summit. My reasoning is that there is a > >> criticall mass of contributors and users in that location, probably > >> more than alternative NA locations. I was not involved with planning > >> recently and I do not know if there were people who could attend due > >> to location previously. If that is the case, I agree with Elliotte > >> on looking for other options. > >> Related to dates: March (Asia) and mid-May (NA) dates are a bit > >> close. Mid-June for NA might be better to spread events. Other > >> pieces looks good. > >> Ahmet > >> On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 7:09 AM Elliotte Rusty Harold > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > >> The U.S. sadly is not a reliable destination for international > >> conferences these days. Almost every conference I go to, big and > >> small, has at least one speaker, sometimes more, who can't get into > >> the country. Canada seems worth considering. Vancouver, > >> Montreal, and > >> Toronto are all convenient. > >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 2:17 PM Griselda Cuevas <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi Beam Community! > >> > > >> > I'd like to kick off a thread to discuss potential dates and > >> venues for the 2020 Beam Summits. > >> > > >> > I did some research on industry conferences happening in 2020 > >> and pre-selected a few ranges as follows: > >> > > >> > (2 days) NA between mid-May and mid-June > >> > (2 days) EU mid October > >> > (1 day) Asia Mini Summit: March > >> > > >> > I'd like to hear your thoughts on these dates and get > >> consensus on exact dates as the convo progresses. > >> > > >> > For locations these are the options I reviewed: > >> > > >> > NA: Austin Texas, Berkeley California, Mexico City. > >> > Europe: Warsaw, Barcelona, Paris > >> > Asia: Singapore > >> > > >> > Let the discussion begin! > >> > G (on behalf of the Beam Summit Steering Committee) > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- Elliotte Rusty Harold > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >
